The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-18
Holiday Publications,

The publishers Of Life present the fourth series
Of tasteful reprints from that lively periodical making .
very pretty and substantial volume Of sixty.four pages
of very clever drawings and bright conceits. Tho gen.
eral consideration Of It discloses q marked improve
ment in the drawing Of LIES artists and = worry much
better taste in tho selection Of subject and the adApta.
ton OF legends Not afew Of the drawings have reached
the standard Of refinement which Du Maurier has set In
Punch, and as for tho legends 1t must be said that
there is = like advance In their quality.
An Interesting volume OF etchings, entitled "Reprs.
sentative Etchings by Artists Of To-day In America" IL
issued by Frederick 4 Stokes- 1t contains ten excellent
plates which arc moro than satisfactory examples Of the
remarkable progress that 10 taking place in tho art Of
etching In this country. Mr.. =. s. Church contributes
one etching which alone Is worth the price OF tho
entire volume, and such artists rs Robert =. Blum
and Stephen Parrish are represented by works OF re-
markable merit. Tho volume Is Of uncommon interest,"
and is accompanied by q letter.p press Of much erudition
and intelligence by Mr.. Ripley Hitchcock of tho Tribune
Frederick warne 1 Co. of London and New York issue
o series of q dozen drawings illustrative Of tho smer.
gencies Of The Man Who Would Like to Marry" d.
vided by titles-But tho Pretty Girls are so Demure-And
the Clever Ones are SO AlarminK-And the Talkative
Ones arc SO Tiresome-And the Merry Ones make such
Gamo of q Fellow-And the Sentimental Ones arc 80
Spooney-And the Horsey Ones arc 30 Outragoous-And
the Nautical Ones ore 80 Inconsiderato-And tho Little
Ones are so Little-And tho Large Ones are so very Large
And the Wealthy Ones have such Unpleasant Papas-
That He Thinks He will, lot 1t Stand Over for tho Present.
AL Of which reflections are developed with . good deal
Of humor.
Ticknor 4 Co. issue q worry pretty holiday volume with
tho title "Old Folks ut H~ome-Away Down Upon the
swanee Ribber. :" with q number of clever ilustrn lions
OF stephen Collins Fosters poem, beautifully engraved
upon wood under the supervision of A. V. 8. Anthony.
MIR. Loweli's "yision Of Sir Launfal" Ia issued in tho
form Of q holiday book by Messrs. H%oughton, Miniin 1
CO., with tasteful illustrations by the best known
American artists engraved by Frederick J%ueng,ing.
Hawthornes "Tang!ewood Tales are issued by tho
same lrm, with some very beautiful Illustrations by
George Foster Edwards.
The Century Company publish Tho Brownies: Their
Eook, n series OF very amusing productions by Palmer
Cox, who is the leading huinorist of the nursery in all
the popular Juvenile literature Of our time. 1t Is tho
handsomestn nursery book OF the season.
An immense volume OF Tennyson's "Idylls Of the
King" illustrated with thirty plates photographers
from designs by Alfred Kappes Is issued by Messrs
Pollard 4 Moss and bears the mark OF American copy.
right upon which we earnestly and p~rofusoly congratu-
late Alfred. Lord %Tennyson. The photographers of Mr..
Kappess drawings are very hne, but now and then they
violate tho Tennysonian ideal, as in tho plate which
depicts Trsram with his fanEs fixed in IsoIts throat 1t
shows imagination, but 1t Is a little rough on the text
The volume, az wo have said. is immense. and the biud.
ing Is original and costly.